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Appraise vs Adjudge - What's the difference?

appraise | adjudge | Related terms |

Appraise is a related term of adjudge.


As verbs the difference between appraise and adjudge

is that appraise is to set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels or appraise can be (proscribed) to apprise, inform while adjudge is to declare to be.

appraise

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (English precious), from which also appreciate.

Verb

(apprais)
  • To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
  • To estimate; to conjecture.
  • To praise; to commend.
  • Derived terms
    () * appraisal * appraisee * appraisement * appraiser * appraisingly * appraisive * appraiseable * appraiseability

    Etymology 2

    Incorrect form of apprise.

    Verb

    (apprais)
  • (proscribed) To apprise, inform.
  • English words affected by confusion

    adjudge

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To declare to be.
  • To deem or determine to be.
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt.}}
  • To award judicially; to assign.
  • *XIX c. , James Russell Lowell,
  • *:What doth the poor man's son inherit?
  • *:Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things,
  • *:A rank adjudged by toil-won merit,
  • *:Content that from employment springs